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AAN/AAP/CNS/SCCM 2023 — Pediatric and Adult Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria (BD/DNC) Consensus Practice Guideline

American Academy of Neurology / American Academy of Pediatrics / Child Neurology Society / Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2023

A unified, 85-recommendation consensus guideline for BD/DNC determination in adults and children, covering examiner qualifications, prerequisites (excluding confounding drug effect, hypothermia, and severe metabolic derangement), the clinical examination (coma plus absent brainstem reflexes), apnea testing, ancillary testing when the clinical exam or apnea test cannot be completed, and special populations.

Expert opinionModerate certainty

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Brain Death / Death by Neurologic Criteria (BD/DNC)

2023 AAN/AAP/CNS/SCCM consensus guideline: prerequisites, brainstem reflex examination, apnea testing on and off ECMO, valid ancillary tests, plus separate post-declaration donor-management principles.

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